Hawthorne, CA Parking Rules: Overnight Parking (2026)
Key Facts
- Restricted hours
- 2:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m.
- Time limit in that window
- 30 minutes maximum
- Vehicles covered
- Trucks and commercial vehicles only
- General storage limit
- 72 hours (Sec. 10.36.050)
- First-offense fine
- $100 infraction
- Enforcing agency
- Hawthorne Police Department
Summary
Hawthorne's overnight parking ordinance, titled "all night parking prohibited," caps trucks and commercial vehicles at 30 minutes on any street, alley, or roadway between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m., under Hawthorne Code Section 10.36.030.
No person shall stop, stand or park a truck or commercial vehicle on any street, alley or roadway for a period of time longer than thirty minutes between the hours of two a.m. and four a.m. of any day.
Full Breakdown
of any day. The section traces to the prior code (Section 10-1002) and has carried forward unchanged into the current municipal code. 060]. 020. 030 falls to the Hawthorne Police Department, which may cite a truck or commercial vehicle found stopped, standing, or parked past the thirty-minute mark inside the two-hour overnight window.
Violations & Fines
A violation of Section 10.36.030 is an infraction under the city's general penalty schedule: $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second violation of the same section within a year, and $500 for each additional violation in that year, per Hawthorne Code Section 1.22.030. The city attorney retains discretion to instead charge it as a misdemeanor under Section 1.20.010, punishable by up to a $1,000 fine and six months in jail.
Frequently Asked Questions
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